CN Blotter 10/11/12

MONTGOMERY

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, 12:53 a.m., Oct. 6, Police charged Bryan McNamara, 26, of Hillsborough with driving while intoxicated and failing to maintain a lane after a motor vehicle stop on Route 206 near Orchard Road. Officer Jason Clifford stopped McNamara's 2007 Honda Accord for a moving violation and detected an odor of alcoholic beverage on his breath. Police said he also failed field sobriety tests.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP

POSSESSION, 5:10 p.m., Sept. 27. Sgt. Thomas DeRosa stopped a 2002 Hyundai sedan on Studer Road near Foxfire Lane for speeding and equipment violations, police said. During the stop, DeRosa observed that the occupants were overly nervous and he soon observed a small amount of marijuana on the floor of the vehicle. A 17-year-old Clinton Township boy was then found to be in possession of a bag of marijuana, police said. The boy's mother responded to the scene and took custody of him. Juvenile charges have been completed charging the boy with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana, police said.

THEFT LEADS TO FUGITIVE ARREST, Sept. 15, Sgt. Mathew Wilson received a report from a twenty-one 21-year-old Milford woman that her white Iphone 4s was stolen after she placed it on the counter at the Hess Mart on Route 31 North while paying for items. The woman said she left the store but returned a short time later after realizing that she had left her cell phone on the counter, police said. When the woman returned, she discovered that her phone had been stolen. Wilson was later able to obtain the closed circuit video footage from inside of the store starting from the time the victim placed her phone on the counter. A short time after the victim left the store, Wilson observed a man enter the store, place the victim's cell phone in his pocket, and walk out of the store, police said. Through his investigation, Wilson was able to positively identify the man who stole the phone as Brian Teeling, 24, of Hampton. After entering Teeling's information into the National Crime Information Center, Wilson learned that Teeling was wanted by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office for altering the serial number of a vehicle, police said. On Sept. 30, Wilson received an anonymous tip that Teeling was at the Country Griddle Restaurant on Center Street, police said. Officers responded and arrested Teeling. In addition, the victim's cell phone was later recovered and returned to her, police said. Teeling was charged with theft and sent to the Hunterdon County Jail without bail on the NCIC warrant out of Hunterdon County, police said.

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, 12:30 a.m., Oct. 1, Sgt. Michael Hafke stopped a 1994 Ford Explorer operated by Edwin Hollwedel, 23, of Asbury, on Route 31 North for speeding and tailgating near Route 513. During the stop, Hafke detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on Hollwedel's breath and soon determined that he was intoxicated, police said. Hafke charged Hollwedel with driving while intoxicated, tailgating, and speeding, police said.

POSSESSION AND BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, 1:30 p.m., Oct. 1. Patrolman Lawrence Anthes stopped a 2008 Cadillac DTS for speeding on Route 31 South near Fulper Place, police said. During the stop, the front seat passenger threw a cigarette butt out of the vehicle. Anthes then approached the passenger, Melissa Desmond, 22, of Washington, and observed that she had dried powder at the base of her right nostril and that her pupils were constricted, police said. Anthes soon developed probable cause to believe that Desmond, who was on probation, had recently snorted a prescription pill, police said. He also learned that backseat passenger Daniel Bobowski, 27, of Bloomfield, possessed a small amount of marijuana, police said. Desmond was charged with being under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance and littering and Bobowski was charged with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana, police said.

SHOPLIFTING, 3:33 p.m., Sept. 17. Police charged Pandora Rodriguez, 49, of Manville with shoplifting $307 worth of men's and women's fragrances from Sears. She also had an outstanding warrant out of South Amboy, police said. Bail was set at $500 cash in full. In lieu of bail, Rodriguez was sent to the Somerset County Jail, police said.

SHOPLIFTING, 4:04 p.m., Sept. 21. Daniel Demaurez, 21, of Plainfield was charged with shoplifting $551.95 worth of merchandise from Kohl's after fleeing the premises, police said. He was transporting to Somerset County Jail in lieu of $500 bail, police said.